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There’s a push to add more people to Wisconsin’s voter rolls. The League of Women Voters yesterday filed a lawsuit in Madison to have the court force the Wisconsin Elections Commission to reinstate 32 thousand voters who have been deactivated. WEC moved the voters to their ‘inactive’ list because they had not voted in years. It was another court case, brought by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, that pushed WEC to deactivate the voters. The League says the 32-thousand weren’t given proper notice

Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #149 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff tomorrow, Thurs., Dec. 23, 2021, in honor of Chad P. Christiansen, of Baraboo, a Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs security officer at Volk Field Air National Guard Base who lost his life due to complications from contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty. “Chad was a valued member of our Department of Military Affairs team and his

All 50 states say they have seen the COVID-19 Omicron variant.  The variant was first detected 22 days ago after being discovered in South Africa less than a month ago.  Omicron cases have also been reported in Washington, DC and Puerto Rico. 

A man from southwest Wisconsin is arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting near La Crosse.  The Grant County Sheriff’s Office says Wesley Dollar of Boscobel was arrested earlier this week and charged with attempted homicide.  Dollar’s accused of shooting a gun near Cliffview Drive in Holmen over the weekend, hitting a house and injuring one person inside.  He’s being held on 100-thousand dollars bond.

Crime Stoppers is looking for two people accused of stealing from a store in Central Wisconsin.  Crime Stoppers says a couple walked into a dollar store in Rib Mountain back in October and stole a woman’s cell phone and wallet.  Detectives recently released a picture of the suspects.  Anyone with information is asked to call Marathon County Crime Stoppers. 

University of Wisconsin is giving hundreds of dollars to students who work in health care.  Today the university system announced students who are enrolled in the spring 2022 semester, work at least 50 hours in a health care setting, and meet health care and licensing requirements will qualify for a 500 dollar tuition credit.  Students have until the end of March to enroll in the program.

The Eau Claire Warming Center will give people experiencing homelessness a place to stay during the day. The Warming Center will start on December 24-26, January 1-2, and each Sunday thereafter from 8-6:30 pm. Volunteers are needed for various shifts – both experienced and non-experienced volunteers are needed. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SIGN UP INFO. If you have any questions please contact The Warming Center at: ecwarmingcenter@gmail.com.

 Plans are revealed for a new multi-million dollar pharmaceutical complex in Verona.  Arrowhead Pharmaceutical says the complex will be built in the Verona Technological Park, cost between 200 and 250-million dollars, and bring in hundreds of new jobs.  Construction will start in a few months and the complex will open in about a year.

A woman who recently ran for city council in Fitchburg is charged in connection with a deadly crash that killed Wisconsin Public Media director Gene Purcell.  Shawnicia Youmas was charged Tuesday with homicide by negligent driving.  Police say Youmas told them Purcell cut in front of her with his motorcycle back in July when she hit and killed him in south Madison.  But evidence shows she was driving nearly 35 miles per hour over the speed limit at the time of the crash.  Youmas

University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders say they plan to name the school’s new chancellor in May.  The committee that’s heading up the search announced Tuesday the application deadline will be March and semifinalist interviews will begin in April.  Final campus visits will be the first week of May and a recommendation will be made to the board of regents in mid-May.